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New York Times, Wednesday, April 26, 2006

Author:
Stella Daily and Bruce Venzke
Editor:
Will Shortz
57-Down : "The Highwayman" poet
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
228/26/200410/23/202314
SunMonTueWedThuFriSatVariety
13632331
ScrabDebutFresh
1.599247%
Stella Zawistowski
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
198/26/200410/19/201518
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
2264320
ScrabDebutFresh
1.6110045%
Bruce Venzke

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 34 Missing: {JQX} This is puzzle # 5 for Ms. Zawistowski. This is puzzle # 5 for Mr. Venzke. Wednesday freshness: 84%
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© 2006, The New York Times4/26/6 ( No. 20,623 )
Across
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Things leaving tracks : TEARS
6
Ball girl : DEB
9
Rapid, in music : MOSSO
14
Noted 2001 bankruptcy : ENRON
15
"Made in ___" : USA
16
"Lost" network : ABCTV
17
With 22-, 23-, 29-, 32-, 44-, 54-, 58- and 64-Across, noted name from Hollywood : ELIZABETH
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Author Zora ___ Hurston : NEALE
20
Inventor's inits. : TAE
21
___ Alto : PALO
22
See 17-Across : TAYLOR
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See 17-Across : HILTON
25
Mete (out) : PARCEL
27
Sci. class : ANAT
29
See 17-Across : WILDING
32
See 17-Across : TODD
35
"Gil Blas" novelist : LESAGE
37
Many a fine artwork : OIL
38
"You ___ Beautiful" (Joe Cocker hit) : ARESO
40
"Egad!" : ACK
41
One who laughs a lot : SANTA
43
Give one star, say : PAN
44
See 17-Across : FISHER
47
How the duped feel : USED
48
Need a tissue : SNIFFLE
50
Tissue's target : NOSE
52
Most free-and-easy : GAYEST
54
See 17-Across : BURTON
58
See 17-Across : WARNER
60
Betty of cartoon fame : BOOP
62
Ambient music pioneer : ENO
63
Mother of Donald Trump Jr. : IVANA
64
See 17-Across : FORTENSKY
66
Water bottle capacity : LITER
67
Photo order: Abbr. : ENL
68
Opponent of U. S. Grant : RELEE
69
Medgar of the civil rights movement : EVERS
70
End of a series : ZEE
71
Persuades : SWAYS
Down
1
Things leaving marks : TEETH
2
China's Zhou ___ : ENLAI
3
Prospero's servant : ARIEL
4
"Frasier" role : ROZ
5
Attach with a click : SNAPON
6
Matter of honor : DUEL
7
Bar at the bar : ESTOP
8
Dickensian cry : BAH
9
Symbols of slavery : MANACLES
10
Minded : OBEYED
11
Common ingredient in Chinese dishes : SCALLIONS
12
Town nearly destroyed in 1944 : STLO
13
Finito : OVER
18
Humdrum : BANAL
22
Math class before calc : TRIG
24
Tiny bits : TADS
26
Shake, say : AWAKEN
28
Ribs : TEASES
30
Late hours, commercially : NITE
31
Ziploc competitor : GLAD
32
Late-hours tune : TAPS
33
Mediterranean port of a million : ORAN
34
Run down : DENIGRATE
36
Part of H.S.: Abbr. : SCH
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2005, 2007, etc., electionwise : OFFYEARS
42
Violinist Leopold : AUER
45
Robert of "The Sopranos" : ILER
46
Assembly line fixture : ROBOT
49
Strike-throwing pitcher : FANNER
51
Apartment overseers : SUPERS
53
Hearty steak : TBONE
55
Kind of coil : TESLA
56
Pitch-perfect : ONKEY
57
"The Highwayman" poet : NOYES
58
Sneaky trick : WILE
59
Tel ___ : AVIV
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Heraldic border : ORLE
64
Aladdin's topper : FEZ
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Word in four U.S. state names : NEW

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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